A sixty-five-year-old woman had an inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm that was complicated by acute dissection of the descending thoracic aorta. The authors emphasize the diagnostic value of dynamic computed tomographic scanning in inflammatory aneurysms and discuss the possible mechanisms for the association of the two conditions.
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